[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11558-11559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3281. Mr. SARBANES (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2400, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 353. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE 
                   PRIVATIZATION OF MILITARY HOUSING ON LOCAL 
                   SCHOOLS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) There are approximately 750,000 school-aged children of 
     members of the active duty Armed Forces in the United States.
       (2) Approximately 650,000 of those students are currently 
     being served in public schools across the United States.
       (3) The Department of Defense has embarked on military 
     housing privatization initiatives using authorities provided 
     in subchapter IV of chapter 169 of part IV of subtitle A of 
     title 10, United States Code, which will result in the 
     improvement or replacement of 120,000 military family housing 
     units in the United States.
       (4) The Secretary of each military department is authorized 
     to include the construction of new school facilities in 
     agreements carried out under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of 
     part IV of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Department of Defense should support the 
     construction of schools in housing privatization agreements 
     that severely impact student populations.
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  SA 3282. Mr. SESSIONS (for Mr. McCain) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Services, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 326. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY AND REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE 
                   TECHNOLOGIES TO DECONTAMINATE GROUNDWATER AT 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Comptroller General Study.--The Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall conduct a study to determine whether 
     or not cost-effective technologies are available to the 
     Department of Defense for the cleanup of groundwater 
     contamination at Department installations in lieu of 
     traditional methods, such as pump and treat, that can be 
     expensive and take many years to complete.
       (b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include 
     the following:
       (1) An identification of current technologies being used or 
     field tested by the Department to treat groundwater at 
     Department installations, including the contaminants being 
     addressed.
       (2) An identification of cost-effective technologies 
     described in that subsection that are currently under 
     research, under development by commercial vendors, or 
     available commercially and being used outside the Department 
     and that have potential for use by the Department to address 
     the contaminants identified under paragraph (1).
       (3) An evaluation of the potential benefits and limitations 
     of using the technologies identified under paragraphs (1) and 
     (2).
       (4) A description of the barriers, such as cost, 
     capability, or legal restrictions, to using the technologies 
     identified under paragraph (2).
       (5) Any other matters the Comptroller General considers 
     appropriate.
       (c) Report.--By April 1, 2005, the Comptroller General 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the study under 
     subsection (a). The report shall include the results of the 
     study and any recommendations, including recommendations for 
     administrative or legislative action, that the Comptroller 
     General considers appropriate.
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  SA 3283. Mr. SESSIONS (for Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Levin)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 364. PROGRAM TO COMMEMORATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD 
                   WAR II.

       (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of 
     Defense may conduct a program--
       (1) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of World War II; 
     and
       (2) to coordinate, support, and facilitate other such 
     commemoration programs and activities of the Federal 
     Government, State and local governments, and other persons.
       (b) Program Activities.--The program referred to in 
     subsection (a) may include activities and ceremonies--
       (1) to provide the people of the United States with a clear 
     understanding and appreciation of the lessons and history of 
     World War II;
       (2) to thank and honor veterans of World War II and their 
     families;
       (3) to pay tribute to the sacrifices and contributions made 
     on the home front by the people of the United States;
       (4) to foster an awareness in the people of the United 
     States that World War II was the central event of the 20th 
     century that defined the postwar world;
       (5) to highlight advances in technology, science, and 
     medicine related to military research conducted during World 
     War II;
       (6) to inform wartime and postwar generations of the 
     contributions of the Armed Forces of the United States to the 
     United States;

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       (7) to recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by 
     World War II allies of the United States; and
       (8) to highlight the role of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States, then and now, in maintaining world peace through 
     strength.
       (c) Establishment of Account.--(1) There is established in 
     the Treasury of the United States an account to be known as 
     the ``Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of World War II 
     Commemoration Account'' which shall be administered by the 
     Secretary as a single account.
       (2) There shall be deposited in the account, from amounts 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and 
     maintenance of Defense Agencies, such amounts as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate to conduct the program 
     referred to in subsection (a).
       (3) The Secretary may use the funds in the account 
     established in paragraph (1) only for the purpose of 
     conducting the program referred to in subsection (a).
       (4) Not later than 60 days after the termination of the 
     authority of the Secretary to conduct the program referred to 
     in subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives a report containing an accounting of all the 
     funds deposited into and expended from the account or 
     otherwise expended under this section, and of any amount 
     remaining in the account. Unobligated funds which remain in 
     the account after termination of the authority of the 
     Secretary under this section shall be held in the account 
     until transferred by law after the Committees receive the 
     report.
       (d) Acceptance of Voluntary Services.--(1) Notwithstanding 
     section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 
     may accept from any person voluntary services to be provided 
     in furtherance of the program referred to in subsection (a).
       (2) A person providing voluntary services under this 
     subsection shall be considered to be an employee for the 
     purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
     relating to compensation for work-related injuries. Such a 
     person who is not otherwise employed by the Federal 
     Government shall not be considered to be a Federal employee 
     for any other purposes by reason of the provision of such 
     service.
       (3) The Secretary may reimburse a person providing 
     voluntary services under this subsection for incidental 
     expenses incurred by such person in providing such services. 
     The Secretary shall determine which expenses are eligible for 
     reimbursement under this paragraph.
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  SA 3284. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 394, after line 22, insert the following:

     SEC. 3122. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
                   ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM AGING.

       (a) Study.--(1) The Administrator for Nuclear Security 
     shall enter into a contract providing for a study group of 
     scientists to carry out a study to assess the efforts of the 
     National Nuclear Security Administration to understand the 
     aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons. In contracting for the 
     performance of such services, the Administrator shall seek to 
     enter into that contract with the study group of scientists 
     that is affiliated with MITRE Corporation and known as the 
     JASON group.
       (2) The Administrator shall make available to the 
     contractor under this subsection all information that is 
     necessary for the contractor to successfully complete a 
     meaningful study on a timely basis.
       (b) Report Required.--(1) Not later than two years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the 
     contractor on the efforts of the Administration to understand 
     the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
       (2) The report shall include the recommendations of the 
     contractor for improving the knowledge, understanding, and 
     application of the fundamental and applied sciences related 
     to the study of plutonium aging.
       (3) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
     may include a classified annex.

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